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The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1887-12-10

Speaking of uniforms,a quantity COT :
cal story comes from Spain. Recent
baby AlphonSo Mi, was a year old, al !
the Tailors' Guild of Madrid, by per
mission Of the Queen regent, presented
him with Il uniform of the titular grade
TO which the infant, who was cnroiiri
in the army al his birth. was then pc-
NOTED. The suit Is Of the finest clotn
obtainahle, deliberately trimmed WIZ
gold lace and miniature decorations
The little ciapcau is a marvel OF beauty
with costly plumes, an aigrettc OF dia.
mon,ls and II tiny sword, one mass o.
jewels The whole thing is said to o.
as beautiful rs the idea is droll.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1887-12-10
The memhcrs Of the Now York stcck

The members al the New York Stock
and produce Exchanges aye not particu
larry chirpy Wher they speak Of th-
serious decline in the price of thci-
tickets Of membership. Stock cxchaug,
Seats that were worth $;5i. 900 sevcrl'
years ago are now down to SEQ, 900, an.
produce exchange seats that climbed t.
$iS0D just after the new exchange Va
completed. arc now floating about a
$500. s.,...
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1887-12-10

Mankind, say, the New York hide
dependent. ''havr agreed 10 say-what
nobody can prove or disprove-that sui-
eide IS insanity" The statement is not
correct, adds the Buffalo Courier, Tho
penal code of the State OF New York
certainly has not adopted this theory. 1t
makes an unsuccessful attempt at suicide
a punishable oiTen>c. ..-.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1887-12-10

The panel portrait of jefferson has
been removed from over the eastern fire.
place Of the White House vestibule and
put in the vacant panel at, the right Of
Martha Washington in the east parlor.
The full-length portrait of Lincoln has
been taken from the inner corridor and
put at tie left of Washington in the cas-.
narlnr
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1887-12-10

The United States revenue cuttd
Crawford has been assigned to specM
duty. besides the rccuiar'duty of guard
ing the Florida coast to prevent smus'
Cling. that Of pairoIiing the exposed poll'
ton Of the Gulf coast and preventing
vessels from Key West from landing per
sons on the mainland without observing
.hc regulations. The Crawford Is a soc
wheel -lcaIpcr of 25G tua>. and Is i~
feel IoH~, CARRYING crew os thiIty-'h
mrn all told. All OF her work IN con
nection with marine hospital service
done in addition to her REGULAR reyenu'
duties. Since her connection win u''
service She has spoken and boaro'
about $50 vessels. n small numDer
which have been sent to the refuge s''
ton at Egmont Key The vessels a.,
boarded. and if Ny sickness is fO0n.
they are at once taken to the sta'ioh -
Egmont The duty is quite haxaE"'N
as the vessel j. Liable TO become in'ec'e'
by contact with yellow fever ON the V
s,.l- -
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1887-12-10

Three convicted murdcrcrs and seven.
teen prisoners awaiting trial for murder
arc now confined in the New York
Tomb> The delays and uncertaintic,
Of the law and the prevalent idea among
,hc violent glasses that Hanging,
played out may enlarge the list before
inp,r
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1887-12-10

A British sea captain says that tbe
whales are increasing IN numbers so fast
that accidents to ships from running into
them will be of frequent occurrence
A sailing ship under fiveknot breeze
might as well strike a tree as an old bul
x-boIn
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1887-12-10
The LOST Child.

please, sir, have you seen Il gentle
man without little girl:'
''Wcll. and what if have, little one?'
my Uncle John has lost me, and 1
thought il you'd seen n gentleman with
on. a little girl you could tell me where
he - lIarpcr's Young Folks.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1887-12-10

AT Yellowstone, Wis, Il man who wa.
choppin% wood was bitten on the FINGER
by "a ra!tlcsuLkc. lie at once chopped
OH The finger, hastily prcferring the
chances of death by iockjaw to death by
snake. One has to think pretty rapid,
in such emergencies.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1887-12-10

Missionaries in Persia Arc free u
prosecute their labors. but natives WIN
profess conversion to Christianity mp
the risk of losing their heads.
Sharp County record., 1887-05-12
DANGERS OF Badness.
A Physician Considers Them Growing
Cause of Increased Mortality.

A Physician Considers Them Growing
Cause Of Increased Mortality.
"Bald-headed men die sooner than those
who possess a full head Of hair" said
physician to a New York Mail and Express
reporter the other day 'Then, doctor,
your life is Shortened" interposed tbe re-
porter.
II have adopted protector, you see;
the skull-caE If have no hair to cover
my Uranium, do the next best thing and
use warm cap. never go bald-headed,
no matter where am, and by that means
Inever take cold The majority of men
who have bald heads wear nothing to
protect the exposed surface, not even
wig The result is many OF them
take cold and 60 of with pneumonia
or contract some deep seated disease
like bronchitis or consumption. Yet if
! told bald-headed man to wear some
thing warm on the exposed spot he would,
nine tipes out of ten, pay no attention to
my warning. 1t is growing cause Of in
creased mortality, and deserves great at
tention, both from scientists and empir-
ical laymen. Bald heads are the sign
posts of high es thetical civilization, and
at the same time the epitaphs of physic.
al degeneration. Luxury, ease, high liv.
ing and hereditary characteristics have to
be taken into consideration when analyz-
ing the problem of balo heads. If the
future race is to be devoid of hair, then it
must necessarily be short-lived one, be.
cause more susceptible to sickness l
have noted many cases OF pneumonia,
and where the patient is male over forty
years old the proportion is over one-halt
in favor Of his being bald-headed.
Whenever I have bald-headed patient
never rest until he consents to wear
q skull-cap. If the hair was no pro-
lection to man he would have been Gre
ated without any, and his skin made tough
and thick to stand the weather The wise
provisions made to insure perfect ply
slcal comfort never contemplated a period
in the worlds history when man should
go about with his head slick as peeled
onion The man who does it repeatedly
sooner or later pays the penalty.
"Cesar was bald in his last days and
shielded his Uranium by wearing crown.
In those days, when hats were not worns
few people were bald, and those who
were attempted to conceal the fact. 1t is
said that Caesar wore the crown to hide
his bald head, and it may be added cor.
rectly that he did it for comfort as we'll
Women do not suffer from the exposure
of bald heads because they wear false
head rigging which generally pro-
tects the scalp. Then females are not pre-
disposed to badness as males Nature
has given them an abundance of haic, and
those who grow bald have some kind OF
skin trouble. Yet there are more bald"
headed women that the world imaglnes
My argument against going about with
the scalp exposed is merely from hygie-
mic point of view and not because Of any
false notions about how it makes person
look. Old men, middle-aged men, gilded
youths, and unfortunate womanBind, it
you are bald, don't grieve over the newt
able, but wear something warm ard upon
all occasions. Yours days will be longer
in the land and your progeny will be less
apt to inherit the hairless tendency"
Sharp County record., 1887-05-12
Advantages of a Crooked Vision.

Representative Johnston, of North Caro-
lima, is one Of the plainest, easy-going
members of the House, and is among the
richest of Southern Representatives. He,
however, is not a bit proud and has dis
tinguishing mark in that he is cross-eyed.
He tells story on himself which shows
there is some advantage in having a
crooked vision. Before being elected to
Congress he served several terms in the
North Carolina Legislature, and was fire.
quently called upon to preside as
Speaker pro tenn. On one occasion
there was warm contest in the House,
and number of members were striving
for recognition. "After the contest q
member came to me and was quite indig-
nant Says he: You were looking right
straight at me, and you recognized the
other fellow Yes replied Mr.. john
ston, ! know l was looking straight at
you, but my sight was on the other
man." This satisfied the complaining
man, but the fact was that he did see him,
but he did not want to recognize the gem
tleman, and his angular vision stood him
in good stead
Sharp County record., 1887-05-12
100 Doses One Dollar
For Good Purposes.

Mrs. M. A. Dauphin, Of Philadelphia, is
well known to the ladies Of that city from
the great good she has done by means OF
Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound.
She writes Mrs. Pinkham Of recent in
teresting case. "a young married lady
came to me suffering with severe case OF
Prolapsus and liberation. She commenced
taking the Compound and in two months
was fully restored. In proof Of this she soon
found herself in an interesting condition.
Influenced by foolish friends she attempted
to evade the responsibilities of maternity.
After ten or twelve days she came to me
again and she was indeed in most alarm
ing state and suffered terribly. gave her
tablespoonful Of the compound every
hour for eight hours until she fell asleep,
she awoke much relieved and evidently
better. She continued taking the Com
pound, and in due season she became the
mother of a fine healthy boy. But for the
timely use Of the medicine she believes her
life would have been lost"
Your Druggist has the Compound. 81 per bottle'
Sharp County record., 1887-05-12

The treatment of many thousands OF cases
of those chronic weaknesses and distressing
ailments peculiar to females, at the lnyallds
Hotel and Surgical Institute, Buffalo, n. T.,
has afforded a vast experience in nicely
adapting and thoroughly testing remedies
for the cure of woman's peculiar malades.
DIR. Pierce's FavOrite prescription
is the outgrowth, or result, of this great
and valuable experience. Thousands OF
testimonials, received from patients and
from physicians who have tested it in the
more aggravated and obstinate cases when
had baffled their skill, prove it to be the
most wonderful remedy ever devised Tor
the relief and cure of suffering women, 1t
is not recommended as a "cure-all," but
as a most perfect Spedfic for womans
peculiar ailments.
As a powerful, invigorating tonic,
IL imparts strength to the whole system,
and to the uterus, or womb and Its ap-
pendages, in particular. For ,overworked,
t'wOrn-out," rundown" debilitated teach
ers, milliners, dressmakers, seamstresses,
"shop-girls," housekeepers, nursing moth
ers, and feeble women generally, d.
Pierce's Favorite Prescription is the great
est earthly boon, being unequalled as an
appetizing cordial and restorative tonic. II
promotes digestion and assimilation OF fooo'
Address wORLD's DiSP
Sharp County record., 1887-05-12
He Was Not Oyerpowered.

A certain New England Governor had
occasion to visit tribe Of Indians who
have their home within his jurisdiction, and
took his staff along with him. One of the
officers, who was of consequential turn,
resolved to make deep impression upon
the untutored red man, and with this OBJ
ject arrayed himself with great care and
crowded on all the gold lace and braid
that his uniform would bear. AS he ex-
pected, the display attracted the atten-
ton Of the chief Of the tribe, but the inn
preston made on him was not just what
the owner of the snowy uniform had
looked for AS he strutted up to the chief
the latter expressed himself in curt In
dian fashion. "You armyl" 'No," said
the officer. "Navyl" "No." "Militiar
"Yes." Whereupon the chief, with look
of supreme contempt, calculated: 10
ho
Sharp County record., 1887-05-12
How TO make Maltese crosby step
ming on his taiL-BoSton Beacon
,Jenks' Dream.

Jenks had queer dream the other night.
He thought he saw prize-f ghters' rlng
and in the middle of it stood a doughty little
champion who met and deliberately Knocked
over, one by one, score or more OF pig,
burly-looking fellows, as they advanced TO
the attack. Giants as they were We're ms IN SIZE, =
the valiant pigmy proved more thah a
jerks woke up laughing. He accounts for
the dream by the fact that he had just come
to the conclusion, after trying nearly every
BIC, drastic pill on the market, that Pierce's
tiny Purgative Pellets easily "knock OUT
and beat all the rest hollowl
Sharp County record., 1887-05-12

JUNE 1881, wrote G. c. Atkins, Beaver,
Beaver Co., Pa, sprained my wrist badly;
pain dreadful Tried st. Jacobs Oil; in ten
minutes pain ceased; am cured" October
29, 1856, he writes: II have had no pains
since"
81 had four children sick; coughs and
sore-throat," says j. 7. Ridgely, Bowling
Green, Howard County, Nd. 81 gave Red
Star Cough Cure; it cured them; cured my
self also of hoarseness and chest oppression
with it. Price, twenty-five cents. AT
Druggists.
Sharp County record., 1887-05-12

cures nausea, weakness of stomach, 1ndl-
gestion, bloating and eructations Of gas.
As soothing and strenginenihS
neryine, FavOrite Prescription is un,,
euualled and is invaluable in aliay. ana
subduing nervous excitability, !rriablllty,
exhaustion, prostration, hysterla, spaslns
and other distressing, nervous symptoms
commonly attendant upon functlonal ana
organic disease of the womb. 1t lnduces
refreshing sleep and relieves mental anx-
iety and dependency. ,.,
DIR. Pierce's Fayorite Prescripti on
is q legitimate medicine, carefully
compounded by an experienced and skillful
physician, and adapted to woman's delicate
ORGANIZATION. 1t is purely vegetable in its
composition and perfectly harmless IN It's
effects in any condition of the system.
"FayOrite Prescription is a posi-
tive cure for the most complicated and
obstinate cases of leucorrhea, or whites,
Excessive flowing at monthly periods, pain
full menstruation, unnatural suppressions,
prolapsus or falling of the womb. weak
back, "female weakness" anteyersion, re-
troversion, bearing-down sensations, chron-
ic congestion, inflammation and liberation
of the womb, Inflammation, pain and ten
dcrness in ovaries, accompanied with in
ternal heat"
Sharp County record., 1887-05-12
TEyF! or1TGROWTH or a VAST EXPERIENC CE.

En- pregnancy, Favorite Prescription"
is a "mothers cordial" relieving nausea,
weakness of stomach and other distressing
symptoms common to that condition. If
its use is kept up in the latter months of
CESSATION, it so prepares the system for de-
livery as to greatly lessen, and many times
almost entirely do away with the sufferings
of that trying ordeal.
@FaVOrite Prescription" when taken
in connection with the use of DR.. Pierce's
Golden Medical Discovery, and small laxa-
tive doses of DR.. Pierce's Purgatiye Pellets
little Liver Pills. cures Liver, Kidney and
Bladder diseases. Their combined use also
removes blood taints, and Gbolishes can
cerous and scrofulous humors from the
@Fayorite Prescription" is the only
medicine for women sold, by druggists,
under a positive guarantee, from the
manufacturers, that it will give satisfac-
ton in every case, or money will be re-
funded. This guarantee has been printed
on the bottle-wrapper, and faithfully car
ried out for many years. Large bottles
dOO doses $1.O0, or six bottles for
$500.
Pierce's large illustrated Treatise Q6u
pages) on Diseases of Women.
}. 66s Main street, BUFFALO,, N Z,
Sharp County record., 1887-05-12
STATE NEWS.
,rvs. Against the Lessees Of the state
PenltentIary.

-. AGAINST the Lessees OF the st"'o
PenltentIsry'
10 folIowing are the charges filed oy
W oon,e of Coal Hill against the Arkan-
PTs Tndn strial Company, lessees OF the
KANSAS penitentiary;
s.,d ,essees numerically and inhumaniy
The eonvicts under their charge. .ouro
y .no Trorr the convicts under their charge
r ten hours day. .,o,r baroe
rhsv work the conyicts under tnelr charso
,,oes insufficiently ventilated
Thev compel the convicts unoer .hell
rrs N work in places dangerous 10 the il'o'
health of said convicts.
Thev work the convicts in coal mines tmo
rs a day longer than men can "orA III 'u'n
,.s consistently with health.
Tbev do not provide good and Wholesome
49, tho conyicts. sufficient in quantlty,
,,tv and variety to sustain health ana lile'
m TSev do not provide the convicts proper
hing. ,,,o.s witb cells
nerlv warmed and ventilated. j.,
pT ms convict camp is noted for impurlty OF
ter and atmosphere anu general ulheai'n-
,ass and bad sanitary condition
, They have not provided the conVlcts WIN
daily attendance and attention OF physic-
they have compelled the convicts to work
an they we're sick and unable to work.
They have not provided hospital 1or the
! among the convicts, but have competed
sick to remain in and occupy the same
enine apartments with others.
B They have compelled the conVlcts 10 worK
the Sabbath or Sunday.
They have allowed the convicts TO go out
d the walls without guard. Such conyicts
ye gone over the country in citizens clothes
we'd Billiards in Coal Hill, attended SUNDAY,
o,i near the camp, carried concealed
apons or pistols, in violation OF the law dis,
bed the peace, and have sold whisky ana
er intoxicants, In violation Of the Local
lion law OF the State and of the Internal
venue law of the United States.
The Investigation of the matter VIII De-
4 on ths first Monday in May.
Sharp County record., 1887-05-12
A Woman's Sweet VIII.

She is prematurely deprived of her charms
of face and form, and made unattractive by
the wasting effects of ailments and irregu-
iarities peculiar to her sex. TO check this
drain upon, not only her strength and
health, but upon her amiable qualities as
well, is her first duty. This is safely and
speedily accomplished by course OF Sell S!d
treatment with DR.. Plerce's favorlte IRE,
scription, nervine and tonic of wonderful
efficacy, and prepared especially for the
alienation of those suffering from drag
ging down. pains, sensations OF nausea,
and weakness incident to women-a boon
to her sex. Druggists.
Sharp County record., 1887-05-12

is often the result of "bad blood" in fami,
~ or community, but nowhere is bad blood
more destructive of happiness and heaitn
than in the human system. When the LIE
current is foul and sluggish with impure
ties, and is slowly distributing its poisons
to every part Of the BODY, the peTEi EarI1 10
severe headaches, coated tongue, poor appe-
tite, indigestion and general lassitude, De-
Law in treatment may entail the most seri-
Gus @ consequences. DON'T let disease get a
strong hold on your constitution, 6ut treat
yourself by using Dr. Pierce's Golden Medl-
cal Discovery, and be restored to the bless
ings of health. All druggists.
Sharp County record., 1887-05-12
England,s Famous Silk King.

Mr.. c. S. Lister, the "silk king" Of En-
gland, is more than seventy years old,
but stout and hearty, and busy every day
with the concerns of his great factories
and landed estates. He invented wool
combing by machinery, velvet and plush
making by machinery and the utilization
of silk waste. He spent S3,OOO,OOO in de-
veloping these industries, and has made
more than SIS 900 year out of them.
Sharp County record., 1887-05-12
Endurance of Society People.

A prominent society lady of Washington
being asked by the Prince of Wales, Why
is it you people here manifest SO niue
Piled, 'Why, you see, we Americans re-
gain the vitality wasted in these dissipa-
tions by using DR.. Harter's Iron Tonic"
Sharp County record., 1887-05-12
cookies
ANTI-BILIOUS
PILLS,

THE GREAT ENGLISH REMEDY
For Liver Bile Indigestion etc. Free from Mercury;
contains only Pure Vegetable Ingredients. Agents
MESSRS. FULLER & FULLER, Chicago, III.
Sharp County record., 1887-05-12

MATcHLEss story-one in which there
are no weddings. Teas SJttngs.
Sharp County record., 1887-05-12

For Cough or Sore Throat the best medi-
cine is Hales Honey Of Horehound and Tar.
Pixies Toothache Drops Cure in one minute.
Sharp County record., 1887-05-12
A Rlondy AHray

A HosTLER may be notorious rascal,
and yet be truthfully called stable MAJ.
Sharp County record., 1887-05-12

3 months treatment for Soc. Piso's
Remedy for Catarrh. Sold by druggists.
Sharp County record., 1887-05-12

FL1NT-locks-a misers hair.-TerdS Sin.
ingS.
Sharp County record., 1887-05-12

ToNeUE-T1ED women do not always
make the best wives.
Sharp County record., 1887-05-12

WARFARE-corned beef and hard tack
Merchant IrGve.tr.
Sharp County record., 1887-05-12

JOHN E. SEGAR, of Millenbeck, w. writes:
wears with female weakness, and had paid
ou. 3 Ut one hundred dollars to physicians with
out relief. She took DR.. Pierces Favorite
and it did her more good than
ali the medicine given to her by the physli,,
e years they had been practicing upon her.
Mrs. GEORGE HERGER, of Westfeld,, N. r.,
writes: II was great sufferer from leucor-
rhea. bearing-down pains, and pain contin-
uaiiy ii,; across @ my back. Three bottles Of your
'Fayorite Prescription restored me to per-
feet health. l treated with DR.. -, for
nine months, without receiving any benefit
ription' is the greatest earthly boon TO us
en-"
Sharp County record., 1887-05-12

A HAND oRGAN-the thumb. -Pittsourgh
Chronicle Telegraph.
Sharp County record., 1887-05-12
| 8 PHYSICIANS| |
| FAILED. |

PHYSICIANS e: sS:sSa ss: from as5Ss oa
/ EAUEn 1 Having exhausted the skill of three phy-
iAilLus sicians, completely discouraged ana SO
weak could with difficulty cross the room
alone began taking Pierces Favore Prescription ana
snS the local treatment recommended in his Common Sense
Medical Adviser. commenced 70 improve at olcG ,on
months was perfecy cured and have had no trouble SINCE
wrote letter to family paper briefly mentioning how my
health had been restored offering send the full particulars
to any one writing them and enclosing tdeden
rons for replu have received four hundred letters
reply have described case and the treatment n e sea
advised them to do likewise FROM gea
many received second letters of thanks stating that t4y
81 20 reured for the Medical Adviser and had applied the
local treatment so fully plainly laid down therein and were
Oh lottan alraad
Sharp County record., 1887-05-12

F7u.sz7@11" Marvellous Cure Mrs. G. F. SPRAduE,
JEALOUS s 1s6bca s5s "a aTd %a' HHSea fsns Of "its s
Docrnnc womb years, so had to keep my peo
UuG Ue. for good part of the time doctored with an
BA army Of different physicians and spent large sums
of money but received lasting benefit AT last my husband
persuaded me to try your medicines which was oath 10 40,
because preudced against them and the doctors S SAG
he would get me some of your medicines would try them
against the advice Of my physician lie got me me SIX ec fo9 or
ten dollars took three bottles of Discovery and four OF
Favorte pescrpon been sound woman for four
years gave balance of the medicine to my sister VINO
es rocd In the same way and she cured herself in short
time have not take any medicine now for almost
four years."
Sharp County record., 1887-05-12

IN Wa TO Ss A DAY. Samples worth 81: SO
NHA FREE Lines not under the horses feet WriN
SpY5 BREWSTER SAFETY REIN HOLDER co, Holly, nich
Sharp County record., 1887-05-12

uB n uRA Wigs Bangs and Waves sent c. o. d. any
IA 81 where Wholesale and retail price-listlrs
HE E&EEN r. q Strehl & Co.. .l0i Wabash av., Chicago
Sharp County record., 1887-05-12
| s 100 |
| THROWN Away
clans during the thre
i TIE GREATEST
/ EARTHLY Boon.

The 'Favorite Prescript
poor suffering women